Len Webster

Biography of Len Webster

Len Webster says his main claim to fame was becoming the first person ever to be attacked by a monkey in a Smethwick street. The trauma was not enough to prevent him from travelling widely..though he continued to hold a deep grudge against monkeys!

Len Webster Poems

Books
Locked in their minds,
hidden behind masks,
books carry their own lives with them,
lives in ranks,

Life-Change
he grew old
worrying about being old
not expecting to reach
this age-old problem

Farewell To Oldbury Grammar School
Piled high among the ruins of leaving,
The shattered hopes and wasted dreams,
The age-old, dated books and wicked papers
That forced the countless ones to sweat in summer;

On Her 18th. Birthday
A kind of poetry in the telling
and a hint of fear in the eye
but inside a sense of adventure
waiting to happen.

The Visiting Linguist
He was judged by the old university to be
A man about whom nothing bad could be said
And all of his colleagues were certain that he
Knew enough about words to deserve a degree

Len Webster's 'she's The Boss'
She's the boss. Purring, snaring
Many with that smiling, feline countenance.
She rubs her words against you, a tiger waiting to pounce.
When SHE smiles near, everyone wonders